Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1920
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I9I8] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 7 5 WILLS OF MR. AND MRS. JOSEPH CARTER (31) The following statement: The Honorable Joseph Carter, formerly Superintendent of Schools in Champaign, also at one time a member of the Legislature and a teacher of long experience in the central portion of this State, now living at Rankin, Illinois, came to my office with his wife, Jane Carter, the other day to announce that they had made joint wills, leaving the bulk of their property to the University of Illinois iu trust for a students' loan fund, and wished to know whether the Trustees would be likely to accept such a bequest. I told them that in my opinion they would do so, if it were to be found that they had the power to accept the gift. The will was drawn up by the late Mr. George W. Gere, an unusually able lawyer, and I assume, therefore, that it complies with the provisions of Illinois law. The President of the University was authorized to accept this bequest and was requested to convey to Mr. Carter the appreciation of the Board of Trustees. RECONSTRUCTION HOSPITAL (32) A statement that the project for the erection of a reconstruction hospital in Chicago to be turned over to the University after the Government is through with it has not made much progress up to the present time. Another proposition is likely to be suggested, which may later be called to the attention of the Trustees, but nothing definite enough can be said at this time to serve as the basis for any action. No action was taken in this matter. MCKINLEY HOSPITAL (33) A letter from Professor James M. White concerning the design of the McKinley Hospital. President E. J. James, 355 Administration Building DEAR SIR : I am sending you herewith the alternate design for the McKinley Hospital. It carries out the same arrangement of windows, but is Colonial in style. I believe it will be more successful than the design submitted to the Board at the former meeting. I submitted both designs to Mr. McKinley, and while he said he liked both of them, I think he was more in favor of the Colonial treatment. If we could build the entire building at this time, I think that the first design submitted would be very successful; but after further study I am convinced that the Colonial style is better adapted for a piecemeal construction. Yours truly, JAMES M. WHITE Supervising Architect On motion of Mr. Trimble, this design was substituted for the plan approved (page 747), and authority was given to proceed with the erection of this building as rapidly as funds may be available.
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